Yogananda wrote a letter to his most advanced disciple, Rajarshi Janakananda, telling him, “Blessed One, I know how you wished to be with us on Christmas day and how we wished you could have been with us. I too would do anything to be with you, but when you come, we will make a Christmas day of our own. Half of the day we will meditate together and bring Christ on the altar of our devotion.”